East Grand Blvd meets Gorky Park

Posted by Gerard O'Keefe On 2011/8/11 20:27:20

I just dug up a December 1997 issue of SIA (special interest autos).They have a side by side comparison of a 1956 Patrician and a Chaika. It seems the Chaika was imported to the U.S. by by one Shimon Okshteyn.The article rehashes the old stories about Roosevelt and the senior Packard dies and intimates that this 58 Chaika was based on the 56 Packard.They indicate that the Kremlin imported two 56 Packards (Patrician and Caribbean)and two years later Russia has a car that looks like the 56 models.No solid evidence just speculation.